Weather Records on 25 December 1999

995 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1999. Highest significance: Tuckanarra, AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1999

On 25 December 1999, 995 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
343 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 966 daily.
Tuckanarra set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 25 December 1999.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

995 stations

995 station records on 25 December 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tuckanarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Coonalpyn (Alpyn Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Doolgunna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Anningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tullibigeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorkelangen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Padbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Willandra National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Liebenzell	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dajarra Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delmore Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oderen	France	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duas Bocas (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forsayth Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vitim	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huonfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vila Urucuia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

995 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 212, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 395, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 25 December 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	212
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	395
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 25 December 1999 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 23, daily 966.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

824 broken records

Margins by which the 824 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1999

Top 20 records on 25 December 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1999	Tuckanarra, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1999	Coonalpyn (Alpyn Downs), AU	all-time rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1999	Doolgunna, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Anningie, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Prairie Downs, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Gustavus, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Tullibigeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Mileura, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Caen-Carpiquet, FR	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Bjorkelangen II, NO	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Nuuk, GL	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	South Pass City, US	daily high max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	San Juan, MX	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Superior, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Mount Padbury, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Schellingwoude, NL	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1999	Cue, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	42 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1999. 1999 had 995 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1999-12-25: 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 20	771
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2