Weather Records on 25 December 1978

989 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1978. Highest significance: Maldon (Derby Hill), AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1978

On 25 December 1978, 989 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 930 daily.
Maldon (Derby Hill) set a daily record precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 25 December 1978.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

989 stations

989 station records on 25 December 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.5 cm (18.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Olean	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goodger Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Troupsburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canastota	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.7 cm (17.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale Necropolis	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Ringo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

989 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 547, Heaviest daily snowfall 179, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 25 December 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	547
Heaviest daily snowfall	179
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 25 December 1978 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 49, daily 930.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

883 broken records

Margins by which the 883 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1978

Top 20 records on 25 December 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1978	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Warrumbungle (Cheddington), AU	monthly rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Addison, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Addison, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Hemlock, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Angelica, US	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Bolivar, US	daily snowfall	47.5 cm (18.7 in)	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	37.8 cm (14.9 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Olean, US	all-time snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Jerilderie (Pooginook), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Bradford 4SW Rsch 5, US	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Dansville, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Hay (Mulberrygong), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Bradford Cntrl Fs, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1978	Alfred, US	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1978	Wyalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1978	Shawinigan, CA	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1978	Angelica, US	all-time snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	84 years	58 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1978. 1978 had 989 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 1978-12-25: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 25 December 1978
Margin	Records
0 to 100	822
100 to 200	46
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1