Weather Records on 25 December 2018

193 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 2018. Highest significance: Mossman Central Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 2018

On 25 December 2018, 193 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 187 daily.
Mossman Central Mill set a daily record precipitation of 208.0 mm (8.2 in) on 25 December 2018.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

193 stations

193 station records on 25 December 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Patch Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conlen	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shiptons Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atakpane	Togo	Record low minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mariinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mondy	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Telfer Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pavlodar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-35.8 C (-32.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Menara	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanzil-Kynak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vikulovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.6 mm (10.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blacoveschenka	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-36.4 C (-33.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Russkaja Poljana	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Cepet	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Volciha	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pamjatnaja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ika	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-53.9 C (-65.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Krivoj_Rog	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Izium	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Obojan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lhasa	China	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirovohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tonopah	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hardin	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Certkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wabuska 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceahlau Toaca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sosnovka-1	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kings Rvr Vly - Orovada 26NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard Prairie Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enonkoski Simanala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

193 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 25 December 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 25 December 2018 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 187.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

169 broken records

Margins by which the 169 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 2018

Top 20 records on 25 December 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 2018	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 December 2018	Mudanjiang, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Lubny, UA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Poltava, UA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Mount Olive, AU	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Hazelmere, AU	monthly rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Dnipropetrovsk, UA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Rye Patch Dam, US	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Conlen, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Archerfield Airport, AU	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 2018	Shiptons Flat, AU	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 2018	Atakpane, TG	all-time low min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 2018	Cape Tribulation Store, AU	daily rain	234.0 mm (9.2 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 2018	Fruita, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 2018	Mariinsk, RU	daily low max	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 2018	Hamar-Daban, RU	daily low max	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 2018	Darwin Airport, AU	daily high max	35.5 C (95.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 2018	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily low min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	27 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 193 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 20	156
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1