Weather Records on 25 December 1979

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1979. Highest significance: Franklin, US.

Key Facts for 25 December 1979

On 25 December 1979, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 659 daily.
Franklin set a daily record precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 25 December 1979.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 25 December 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keurboomsrivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Herold (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cosmorama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lussanvira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manassas 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwillard Dashields L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 367, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 25 December 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 25 December 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

586 broken records

Margins by which the 586 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1979

Top 20 records on 25 December 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1979	Franklin, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1979	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Waterloo, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Farrell Sharon, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Baldwin, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Cleveland, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Cadillac, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Warren, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Kleinfontein, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Keurboomsrivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Perkins, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Hiram, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Dyer 5S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Herold (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1979	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	44 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 679 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	575
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1