Weather Records on 25 December 1977

778 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1977. Highest significance: Kasane, BW.

Key Facts for 25 December 1977

On 25 December 1977, 778 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
365 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 762 daily.
Kasane set a daily record precipitation of 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 25 December 1977.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

778 stations

778 station records on 25 December 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simplicio Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandrivierspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
S.Joao Do Piaui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mont Louis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ibiquera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kroonplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wagner (Itacira)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enderby	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

778 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 25 December 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 25 December 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 762.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

685 broken records

Margins by which the 685 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1977

Top 20 records on 25 December 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1977	Kasane, BW	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1977	Bowman, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Upper Stewiacke, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Lagarto, BR	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Summerville, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	11.4 C (52.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	170 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	119 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Hamelfontein, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Simplicio Mendes, BR	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Itabaianinha, BR	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Causapscal, CA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Sandrivierspoort, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1977	Macaubas, BR	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1977	Cottbus, DE	daily high max	11.9 C (53.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1977	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1977	Grand Marais 2 E, US	monthly snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1977	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	11.2 C (52.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	64 years	33 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1977. 1977 had 778 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	670
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1