Weather Records on 25 December 1987

2,053 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1987. Highest significance: Amity, US.

Key Facts for 25 December 1987

On 25 December 1987, 2,053 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
653 were record highs and 476 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 23 were all-time records, 101 monthly and 1,929 daily.
Amity set a daily record precipitation of 150.9 mm (5.9 in) on 25 December 1987.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 25 December 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Holt Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Arivaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Deming	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarockin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shamakhy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roselea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
London Corbin AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walgoolan North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sagaredzo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olney	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Falcondale - Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,053 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 303, Lowest daily maximum 311, Highest daily minimum 350, Lowest daily minimum 165, Heaviest daily rainfall 682, Heaviest daily snowfall 145, Deepest snow cover 97.

Records on 25 December 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	303
Lowest daily maximum	311
Highest daily minimum	350
Lowest daily minimum	165
Heaviest daily rainfall	682
Heaviest daily snowfall	145
Deepest snow cover	97

Records on 25 December 1987 by timescale: all-time 23, monthly 101, daily 1,929.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,762 broken records

Margins by which the 1,762 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1987

Top 20 records on 25 December 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1987	Amity, US	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Jackson Exp STN, US	all-time rain	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Jackson, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Covington 3 SW, US	monthly rain	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Jayton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Crystal Valley, US	monthly rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Holt Rock, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Arivaca, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	87 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Deming, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Bolton, US	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Wynne, US	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1987	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1987	Salem, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1987	Akhty, RU	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1987	Kolba, RU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 1987	Ujar, RU	monthly rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	24 years	20 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1987. 1987 had 2,053 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 1987-12-25: 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 50	1,617
50 to 100	95
100 to 150	32
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1