Weather Records on 21 December 2025

1,100 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 2025. Highest significance: Ashton 1N, US.

Key Facts for 21 December 2025

On 21 December 2025, 1,100 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
893 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 1,027 daily.
Ashton 1N set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 21 December 2025.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2024) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

1,100 stations

1,100 station records on 21 December 2025 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 2025: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Utwa	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Swanpool (Tiree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
South Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McArthur River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield R.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Red Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lost-Wood Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bucks Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Constantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sendai	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pit Rvr Ph 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quartz Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay - Buckenbowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aomori	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Lake 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,100 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 2025 by type: Highest daily maximum 438, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 455, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 21 December 2025 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	438
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	455
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 21 December 2025 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 73, daily 1,027.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

895 broken records

Margins by which the 895 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

21 December 2025

Top 20 records on 21 December 2025 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 2025	Ashton 1N, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2025	Menindee Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2025	Utwa, FM	monthly rain	236.2 mm (9.3 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2025	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Shoshone, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Swanpool (Tiree), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Miyako, JP	daily high max	21.6 C (70.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Chichibu, JP	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	South Mtn., US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Lake Charles Chenault, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Paradise, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	119 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Julian Cdf, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	131 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Jemez Springs, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	McArthur River Mine, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Garfield R.S., US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Adin Rs, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Yosemite Park HQ, US	monthly high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2025	Lahontan Dam, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	43 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 2025

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2025. 2025 had 1,100 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,100

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	872
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1