Christmas Day weather can be a bit of a mixed bag in Australia, fluctuating from extreme heat to winter-like days or heavy rain to blue skies.
The contrasting weather over the years has had Australians either reaching for a jacket or the air con switch or sometimes ducking for cover as a storm rolls in.
We have crunched the numbers to find out how hot, cold and wet each Australian capital city has been on Christmas Day in the past.
The hottest Christmas day recorded across the capital cities in Australia was Perth, recording 42.8°C in 2021. Adelaide came a close second, recording 42.1C back in 1888.
The image below shows the hottest maximum temperatures on Christmas Day recorded for each Australian capital city.
While Christmas occurs in the Australian summer and it’s usually a warm time of year, cool temperatures and even snow have impacted the country’s southern states over the years.
The coolest Christmas day recorded across the Australian capital cities was 12.6°C in Hobart in 1911. The image below shows the lowest daytime temperatures recorded in each capital city on Christmas day.
As it turns out, Christmas is always warm in Darwin, with the maximum temperature failing to fall below 24.6°C on Christmas Day since records began.
The wettest Christmas days have occurred in the northernmost cities of Brisbane and Darwin. The image below shows the highest rainfall that fell in each capital city in the 24 hours leading up to 9am on Boxing Day.
Whatever the weather is for you today, we hope you have a great day and a happy new year.
