Weather Records on 1 January 1925

133 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1925. Highest significance: Buffelsfontein 14, ZA.

Key Facts for 1 January 1925

On 1 January 1925, 133 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 128 daily.
Buffelsfontein 14 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 1 January 1925.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

133 stations

133 station records on 1 January 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

133 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 1 January 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 1 January 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 128.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

114 broken records

Margins by which the 114 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1925

Top 20 records on 1 January 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1925	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1925	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1925	Dale Enterprise, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1925	Columbia Falls 5 SW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1925	Broken Bow 2 W, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Tallinn, EE	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Edenton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Salisbury, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Columbia Wb City, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Beaudesert Cryna, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Sydney, CA	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Charlottetown, CA	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Pakri, EE	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Tuddal, NO	monthly rain	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Emporia 1 S, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Beito, NO	daily rain	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Biri, NO	daily rain	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1925	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	14 years	20 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

1798 to 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1925. 1925 had 133 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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 25	102
25 to 50	6
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1