Weather Records on 12 May 1925

275 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1925. Highest significance: Beech Forest, AU.

Key Facts for 12 May 1925

On 12 May 1925, 275 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 241 daily.
Beech Forest set an all-time record daily precipitation of 152.4 mm (6.0 in) on 12 May 1925.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

275 stations

275 station records on 12 May 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa (Gipsy Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Eurack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Booyoolee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

275 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 12 May 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 May 1925 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 30, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

246 broken records

Margins by which the 246 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1925

Top 20 records on 12 May 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1925	Beech Forest, AU	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1925	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	all-time rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1925	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Jimenbuen, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Berrybank, AU	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Buangor 1, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Cape Northumberland, AU	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Genoa (Gipsy Point), AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Hamilton, AU	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Cavendish (Post Office), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Merino, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1925	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

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

1814 to 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1925. 1925 had 275 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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Data for records on 1925-05-12: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	203
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1