Weather Records on 25 December 1919

299 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 December 1919. Highest significance: Hawker (Wilson), AU.

Key Facts for 25 December 1919

On 25 December 1919, 299 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 284 daily.
Hawker (Wilson) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 25 December 1919.
Across 151 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

299 stations

299 station records on 25 December 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 December 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough (Dawson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koomooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

299 records

Records set or tied on 25 December 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 December 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 December 1919 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 284.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 December 1919

Top 20 records on 25 December 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 December 1919	Hawker (Wilson), AU	all-time rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1919	Mount Remarkable, AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 December 1919	Orroroo, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Woomera (Oakden Hills), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Melrose, AU	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Tallangatta Dcnr, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Albury, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Collendina, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Wirrabara, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Wooroonook, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Blyth, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Nariel Creek (Simpson), AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 December 1919	Eskdale, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	5 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1919. 1919 had 299 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	239
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1