Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025

Name: Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025
Start: 2025-03-25
End: 2025-04-06
Location: China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Russia, Macau S.A.R

Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025: 212 records at 99 stations, peak on 29 March 2025. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025 set or tied 212 station records at 99 stations.
It ran from 25 March 2025 to 6 April 2025 (13 days) and its peak day was 29 March 2025.
Status: closed.
Jiuquan set a daily record low maximum temperature of -1.8 C (28.8 F) on 27 March 2025.
The busiest day was 29 March 2025 with 48 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 74 years.

Footprint

25 March to 6 April 2025

The area covered by Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025 is outlined, with 18 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Jiuquan	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	2025-03-27
Yumenzhen	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2025-03-27
Xisha Dao	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2025-04-03
Heyuan	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	2025-03-29
Yangjiang	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	2025-03-30
Xingren	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	2025-03-31
Wushaoling	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	2025-03-27
Changde	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	2025-03-30
Guiyang	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	2025-03-31
Nanning	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	2025-03-31
Datong	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	2025-03-28
Guangzhou	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	2025-03-30
Qinzhou	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	2025-03-30
Chifeng	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2025-03-29
Yichang	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	2025-03-29
Ganzhou	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2025-03-29
Jian	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	2025-03-30
Wu Lu Mu Qi	Record low maximum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	2025-03-26

Records per Day

Peak day 48

Records set or tied each day from 25 March 2025 to 6 April 2025. The most in one day was 48 on 29 March 2025.

Records per day during Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025
Date	Records
2025-03-25	1
2025-03-26	18
2025-03-27	25
2025-03-28	26
2025-03-29	48
2025-03-30	48
2025-03-31	30
2025-04-01	9
2025-04-02	3
2025-04-03	2
2025-04-04	1
2025-04-06	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025 ranked by margin
Jiuquan, 03-27	7.5 C (13.5 F)
Yumenzhen, 03-27	5.7 C (10.3 F)
Heyuan, 03-29	3.6 C (6.5 F)
Heyuan, 03-30	2.9 C (5.2 F)
Datong, 03-28	2.7 C (4.9 F)
Yangjiang, 03-30	2.5 C (4.5 F)
Xingren, 03-31	2.4 C (4.3 F)
Chifeng, 03-29	2.1 C (3.8 F)
Wushaoling, 03-27	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Changde, 03-30	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Guiyang, 03-31	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Nanning, 03-31	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Xisha Dao, 04-03	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Wu Lu Mu Qi, 03-26	1.5 C (2.7 F)
Qinzhou, 03-30	1.4 C (2.5 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

212 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
7.5	71
5.7	71
1.6	62
2.4	72
3.6	71
2.5	72
1.9	74
1.8	70
1.8	70
2.9	63
1.7	72
2.7	67
1.0	74
1.4	72
2.1	67
1.2	70
1.1	71
1.0	72
1.2	71
1.5	67
0.7	70
0.5	70
1.4	67
1.0	67
1.5	67
0.3	74
0.6	71
0.5	71
0.6	72
0.5	71
0.7	64
6.4	40
1.2	67
1.2	64
0.7	67
0.1	72
0.3	67
0.2	71
0.1	72
0.3	72
8.6	26
5.1	40
0.4	67
0.3	67
0.3	67
1.0	62
1.7	51
4.8	36
0.8	63
3.8	56
2.5	48
4.4	40
4.0	40
1.6	55
3.1	38
0.7	63
1.5	51
6.4	40
6.1	40
2.1	56
0.8	28
3.7	40
1.1	51
3.5	40
1.4	56
1.5	56
0.8	56
3.0	42
3.6	42
2.0	40
6.7	26
1.1	48
1.0	48
2.4	40
2.2	42
2.3	42
1.3	40
0.2	56
0.4	51
1.8	40
1.9	40
4.2	32
3.9	34
4.3	32
1.7	40
3.5	34
1.7	43
0.2	56
3.8	34
0.6	56
0.2	54
0.6	48
0.7	48
1.7	40
1.1	48
1.1	40
2.8	42
0.2	51
3.1	34
2.4	36
0.1	51
1.3	42
3.8	34
6.8	26
1.1	48
2.5	34
1.2	48
0.6	44
2.6	32
1.0	40
0.9	40
1.1	40
0.9	40
1.9	36
1.8	36
2.3	36
2.3	36
1.1	43
1.3	36
2.7	36
3.4	34
0.6	40
0.7	40
2.0	34
0.8	40
2.5	34
2.2	34
1.9	34
2.2	34
3.7	26
2.3	34
0.5	40
0.6	40
0.6	40
2.2	14
0.7	2
0.6	40
0.7	48
2.0	32
0.3	40
2.4	14
0.1	40
0.4	40
1.2	32
2.3	26
1.9	14
4.5	26
1.6	34
1.9	28
0.6	34
1.0	34
0.1	38
1.1	34
0.3	38
2.8	26
1.1	34
3.2	34
3.6	26
2.4	14
0.2	35
1.3	28
0.5	34
2.1	26
2.2	26
0.4	34
2.4	34
6.5	12
3.5	14
0.4	6
1.8	26
1.4	26
0.2	34
1.0	26
2.7	14
0.5	36
2.4	26
0.5	28
1.7	24
2.5	4
0.6	26
1.9	26
1.9	26
0.8	34
1.4	14
3.3	4
0.1	26
0.1	26
2.0	14
3.3	4
1.8	26
1.8	14
0.4	32
2.5	4
2.1	4
1.3	14
0.1	14
2.3	4
0.2	14
0.9	3
0.4	26

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025 compared with similar events
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 6 February to 5 March 2021	12,118 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 13 October to 5 November 2020	9,841 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 23 December 2017 to 8 January 2018	8,263 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 3 to 23 January 2024	7,675 records
Cold outbreak in United States, 15 January to 10 February 2026	5,568 records
Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025 (this event)	212 records

Every Record Set

20 of 212

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in China and 4 other countries, 25 March to 6 April 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-03-26	Wu Lu Mu Qi	Record low maximum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	67	29 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-27	Jiuquan	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	71	42 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-27	Yumenzhen	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	71	38 of 100 (Notable)
2025-03-27	Wushaoling	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	74	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-28	Datong	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	67	31 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-29	Heyuan	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	71	34 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-29	Chifeng	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	67	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-29	Yichang	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	70	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-29	Ganzhou	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	72	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-30	Yangjiang	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	72	34 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-30	Changde	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	70	32 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-30	Heyuan	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	63	32 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-30	Guangzhou	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	74	31 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-30	Qinzhou	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	72	31 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-30	Jian	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-31	Xingren	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	72	34 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-31	Guiyang	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	70	32 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-31	Nanning	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	72	32 of 100 (Routine)
2025-03-31	Heyuan	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	71	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-04-03	Xisha Dao	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	62	36 of 100 (Notable)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 212 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-12. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
7.5	71
5.7	71
1.6	62
2.4	72
3.6	71
2.5	72
1.9	74
1.8	70
1.8	70
2.9	63
1.7	72
2.7	67
1.0	74
1.4	72
2.1	67
1.2	70
1.1	71
1.0	72
1.2	71
1.5	67
0.7	70
0.5	70
1.4	67
1.0	67
1.5	67
0.3	74
0.6	71
0.5	71
0.6	72
0.5	71
0.7	64
6.4	40
1.2	67
1.2	64
0.7	67
0.1	72
0.3	67
0.2	71
0.1	72
0.3	72
8.6	26
5.1	40
0.4	67
0.3	67
0.3	67
1.0	62
1.7	51
4.8	36
0.8	63
3.8	56
2.5	48
4.4	40
4.0	40
1.6	55
3.1	38
0.7	63
1.5	51
6.4	40
6.1	40
2.1	56
0.8	28
3.7	40
1.1	51
3.5	40
1.4	56
1.5	56
0.8	56
3.0	42
3.6	42
2.0	40
6.7	26
1.1	48
1.0	48
2.4	40
2.2	42
2.3	42
1.3	40
0.2	56
0.4	51
1.8	40
1.9	40
4.2	32
3.9	34
4.3	32
1.7	40
3.5	34
1.7	43
0.2	56
3.8	34
0.6	56
0.2	54
0.6	48
0.7	48
1.7	40
1.1	48
1.1	40
2.8	42
0.2	51
3.1	34
2.4	36
0.1	51
1.3	42
3.8	34
6.8	26
1.1	48
2.5	34
1.2	48
0.6	44
2.6	32
1.0	40
0.9	40
1.1	40
0.9	40
1.9	36
1.8	36
2.3	36
2.3	36
1.1	43
1.3	36
2.7	36
3.4	34
0.6	40
0.7	40
2.0	34
0.8	40
2.5	34
2.2	34
1.9	34
2.2	34
3.7	26
2.3	34
0.5	40
0.6	40
0.6	40
2.2	14
0.7	2
0.6	40
0.7	48
2.0	32
0.3	40
2.4	14
0.1	40
0.4	40
1.2	32
2.3	26
1.9	14
4.5	26
1.6	34
1.9	28
0.6	34
1.0	34
0.1	38
1.1	34
0.3	38
2.8	26
1.1	34
3.2	34
3.6	26
2.4	14
0.2	35
1.3	28
0.5	34
2.1	26
2.2	26
0.4	34
2.4	34
6.5	12
3.5	14
0.4	6
1.8	26
1.4	26
0.2	34
1.0	26
2.7	14
0.5	36
2.4	26
0.5	28
1.7	24
2.5	4
0.6	26
1.9	26
1.9	26
0.8	34
1.4	14
3.3	4
0.1	26
0.1	26
2.0	14
3.3	4
1.8	26
1.8	14
0.4	32
2.5	4
2.1	4
1.3	14
0.1	14
2.3	4
0.2	14
0.9	3
0.4	26

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
7.5	71
5.7	71
1.6	62
2.4	72
3.6	71
2.5	72
1.9	74
1.8	70
1.8	70
2.9	63
1.7	72
2.7	67
1.0	74
1.4	72
2.1	67
1.2	70
1.1	71
1.0	72
1.2	71
1.5	67
0.7	70
0.5	70
1.4	67
1.0	67
1.5	67
0.3	74
0.6	71
0.5	71
0.6	72
0.5	71
0.7	64
6.4	40
1.2	67
1.2	64
0.7	67
0.1	72
0.3	67
0.2	71
0.1	72
0.3	72
8.6	26
5.1	40
0.4	67
0.3	67
0.3	67
1.0	62
1.7	51
4.8	36
0.8	63
3.8	56
2.5	48
4.4	40
4.0	40
1.6	55
3.1	38
0.7	63
1.5	51
6.4	40
6.1	40
2.1	56
0.8	28
3.7	40
1.1	51
3.5	40
1.4	56
1.5	56
0.8	56
3.0	42
3.6	42
2.0	40
6.7	26
1.1	48
1.0	48
2.4	40
2.2	42
2.3	42
1.3	40
0.2	56
0.4	51
1.8	40
1.9	40
4.2	32
3.9	34
4.3	32
1.7	40
3.5	34
1.7	43
0.2	56
3.8	34
0.6	56
0.2	54
0.6	48
0.7	48
1.7	40
1.1	48
1.1	40
2.8	42
0.2	51
3.1	34
2.4	36
0.1	51
1.3	42
3.8	34
6.8	26
1.1	48
2.5	34
1.2	48
0.6	44
2.6	32
1.0	40
0.9	40
1.1	40
0.9	40
1.9	36
1.8	36
2.3	36
2.3	36
1.1	43
1.3	36
2.7	36
3.4	34
0.6	40
0.7	40
2.0	34
0.8	40
2.5	34
2.2	34
1.9	34
2.2	34
3.7	26
2.3	34
0.5	40
0.6	40
0.6	40
2.2	14
0.7	2
0.6	40
0.7	48
2.0	32
0.3	40
2.4	14
0.1	40
0.4	40
1.2	32
2.3	26
1.9	14
4.5	26
1.6	34
1.9	28
0.6	34
1.0	34
0.1	38
1.1	34
0.3	38
2.8	26
1.1	34
3.2	34
3.6	26
2.4	14
0.2	35
1.3	28
0.5	34
2.1	26
2.2	26
0.4	34
2.4	34
6.5	12
3.5	14
0.4	6
1.8	26
1.4	26
0.2	34
1.0	26
2.7	14
0.5	36
2.4	26
0.5	28
1.7	24
2.5	4
0.6	26
1.9	26
1.9	26
0.8	34
1.4	14
3.3	4
0.1	26
0.1	26
2.0	14
3.3	4
1.8	26
1.8	14
0.4	32
2.5	4
2.1	4
1.3	14
0.1	14
2.3	4
0.2	14
0.9	3
0.4	26