Weather Records on 25 May 1920

59 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1920. Highest significance: Lund, SE.

Key Facts for 25 May 1920

On 25 May 1920, 59 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 54 daily.
Lund set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 25 May 1920.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

59 stations

59 station records on 25 May 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

59 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 20.

Records on 25 May 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 54.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

53 broken records

Margins by which the 53 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1920

Top 20 records on 25 May 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1920	Lund, SE	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1920	Glenville, US	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1920	Kristianstad, SE	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Chita, RU	monthly high min	15.7 C (60.3 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	10 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high min	16.6 C (61.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Arnsberg, DE	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Magdeburg, DE	daily high min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Malvern, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Clinton, US	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Waren, DE	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1920	Astoria, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	17 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1920. 1920 had 59 records.

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

Records on 05-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1797	1
1824	1
1830	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	2
1847	3
1848	1
1852	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	12
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	10
1902	2
1903	7
1904	14
1905	9
1906	41
1907	18
1908	25
1909	20
1910	35
1911	15
1912	21
1913	46
1914	33
1915	20
1916	33
1917	53
1918	22
1919	36
1920	59
1921	208
1922	118
1923	113
1924	277
1925	675
1926	221
1927	240
1928	301
1929	122
1930	156
1931	262
1932	358
1933	400
1934	219
1935	301
1936	407
1937	176
1938	456
1939	322
1940	259
1941	297
1942	534
1943	567
1944	392
1945	225
1946	371
1947	588
1948	317
1949	371
1950	644
1951	542
1952	436
1953	1,024
1954	284
1955	1,068
1956	940
1957	463
1958	439
1959	316
1960	493
1961	254
1962	567
1963	352
1964	716
1965	662
1966	295
1967	946
1968	394
1969	367
1970	385
1971	700
1972	477
1973	595
1974	820
1975	922
1976	412
1977	946
1978	581
1979	1,432
1980	1,160
1981	1,072
1982	714
1983	1,147
1984	677
1985	519
1986	500
1987	703
1988	635
1989	1,190
1990	656
1991	1,768
1992	1,682
1993	824
1994	773
1995	1,546
1996	1,304
1997	1,513
1998	882
1999	708
2000	1,417
2001	1,201
2002	1,001
2003	918
2004	903
2005	909
2006	801
2007	1,420
2008	840
2009	1,088
2010	1,512
2011	1,180
2012	1,616
2013	912
2014	761
2015	407
2016	429
2017	829
2018	800
2019	641
2020	564
2021	505
2022	752
2023	305
2024	688
2025	527
2026	913

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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 5	45
5 to 10	2
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1