Weather Records on 25 May 1928

301 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1928. Highest significance: Sydney, CA.

Key Facts for 25 May 1928

On 25 May 1928, 301 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 288 daily.
Sydney set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 25 May 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

301 stations

301 station records on 25 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Nectar Brook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ediacara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kongal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

301 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 130.

Records on 25 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 288.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 22.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1928

Top 20 records on 25 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1928	Sydney, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1928	Tunis, TN	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Rosalia, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Belle Isle, CA	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Hvar, HR	daily low min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Spokane Intl AP, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Weston 2 SE, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Dayton 1 WSW, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Moscow U of I, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Dayton 1 WSW, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Heppner, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Columbia Falls 5 SW, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Havre Wb City, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Cooke Plains, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Mannum Council Depot, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1928	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 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

1793 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 301 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 25 May 1928
Margin	Records
0 to 5	197
5 to 10	32
10 to 15	15
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	2