Weather Records on 1 May 1925

118 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 1925. Highest significance: Hoofddorp, NL.

Key Facts for 1 May 1925

On 1 May 1925, 118 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 96 daily.
Hoofddorp set a daily record precipitation of 25.3 mm (1.0 in) on 1 May 1925.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

118 stations

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

Weather records on 1 May 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

118 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 1 May 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 May 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 96.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

81 broken records

Margins by which the 81 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 15.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 1925

Top 20 records on 1 May 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 1925	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 1925	Kissimmee, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	monthly low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Tampa, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	New Braunfels, US	monthly low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Los Lunas, US	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Karesuando, SE	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	West Terschelling, NL	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Oelrichs, US	monthly low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Peterborough, CA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	Minden, US	monthly low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 May 1925	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	monthly low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	16 years	19 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

1795 to 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1925. 1925 had 118 records.

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

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

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Data for records on 1925-05-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2	52
2 to 4	15
4 to 6	7
6 to 8	3
8 to 10	2
10 to 12	0
12 to 14	1
14 to 16	1