Weather Records on 12 December 2025

1,485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 2025. Highest significance: Billings Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 12 December 2025

On 12 December 2025, 1,485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,172 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 72 monthly and 1,411 daily.
Billings Wtp set a daily record snowfall of 26.7 cm (10.5 in) on 12 December 2025.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2024) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,485 stations

1,485 station records on 12 December 2025 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 2025: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wise 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hardin	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shepherdsville 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 7 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norah Head AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cass City 1 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crab Orchard 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leiter 9N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfield Pumping Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,485 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 2025 by type: Highest daily maximum 707, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 465, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 102, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 12 December 2025 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	707
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	465
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	102
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 12 December 2025 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 72, daily 1,411.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,200 broken records

Margins by which the 1,200 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 2025

Top 20 records on 12 December 2025 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 2025	Billings Wtp, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2025	Wise 1SE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2025	Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang), AU	daily rain	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2025	Shoals 8 S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	111 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2025	Hardin, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 December 2025	Shepherdsville 5NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Washington 1 W, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	122 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Havre AP ASOS, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Dubois Srn In Forage Farm, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Williams 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	University Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Paris Stp, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	131 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Malta 7 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Mtn City 2, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Sterling, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	131 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Cascade Locks, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2025	Norah Head AWS, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	47 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

1796 to 2025

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2025. 2025 had 1,485 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,149
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1