Weather Records on 25 December 1975

844 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1975. Highest significance: Duaringa Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1975

On 25 December 1975, 844 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 792 daily.
Duaringa Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 217.0 mm (8.5 in) on 25 December 1975.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

844 stations

844 station records on 25 December 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.0 mm (8.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Waldron	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	219.0 mm (8.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	247.5 mm (9.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jambin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Darts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalapa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tallyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charqueada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Lucia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campanario	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tehuantepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

844 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 382, Heaviest daily snowfall 101, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 25 December 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	382
Heaviest daily snowfall	101
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 25 December 1975 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 47, daily 792.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

742 broken records

Margins by which the 742 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1975

Top 20 records on 25 December 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1975	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	217.0 mm (8.5 in)	195.2 mm (7.7 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1975	Cape Capricorn Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1975	Kyabra, AU	all-time rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1975	Wharton, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1975	Waldron, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	43 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1975	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1975	Mount Larcom Post Office, AU	daily rain	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1975	Wonderboom, ZA	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Kabra Railway STN, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Norley Station, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Wexford, ZA	daily rain	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Healdton 3 E, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Baralaba Post Office, AU	monthly rain	219.0 mm (8.6 in)	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Wowan Post Office, AU	daily rain	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra), BR	daily rain	247.5 mm (9.7 in)	178.9 mm (7.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Reedy Creek Station, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Jambin Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Pine Ridge, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1975	Moonmera, AU	daily rain	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	51 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1975. 1975 had 844 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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Data for records on 1975-12-25: 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 25	565
25 to 50	91
50 to 75	42
75 to 100	18
100 to 125	11
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	5
175 to 200	7