Weather Records on 25 December 1973

639 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1973. Highest significance: Hammond, US.

Key Facts for 25 December 1973

On 25 December 1973, 639 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 626 daily.
Hammond set a daily record precipitation of 136.9 mm (5.4 in) on 25 December 1973.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

639 stations

639 station records on 25 December 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kweekwa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kipling 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biesjesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pelahatchie	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prentiss	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

639 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 344, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 25 December 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 25 December 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

551 broken records

Margins by which the 551 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1973

Top 20 records on 25 December 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1973	Hammond, US	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1973	Greenwood, US	monthly rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Simmesport, US	daily rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Belzoni, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Midwest, US	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Edinburg, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Livingston, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Rosetown Cda Epf, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Middlekop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Castle Rock, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	New Orleans WSO City, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Saint Francis, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Amite, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Schriever, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1973	Carville 2 SW, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1973. 1973 had 639 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 25	440
25 to 50	63
50 to 75	24
75 to 100	11
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	6
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1